The Greenfield Recorder notes, According to the American Institute of Architects, the new Justice Center “adds significant new space and re-conceives the original building to create a coherent new whole for Greenfield’s future.”

Josiah Stevenson, Principal at LWA and Principal-In-Charge on this project is quoted saying, “We’re very honored to receive the award. It was a challenge to build a modern building in a town that hasn’t seen a lot of change in that way — we worked with the local Historical Society to make sure we were preserving its history. It reflects democracy. It’s welcoming and transparent, and I think that’s what people see now that it’s completed.”

See full Greenfield Recorder article here
See 2019 AIA New England Awards here

This past weekend at the John W. Over Design Building at University of Massachusetts Amherst, Leers Weinzapfel Associates was awarded three AIA New England Design Awards as well as the Emerging Professional Firm Friendly Award in the medium firm size category. The Wentworth Institute of Technology Center for Engineering, Innovation and Sciences received a citation, The Franklin County Justice Facility received a Merit Award, and the John W. Over Design Building received a Merit Award. It was a great night of recognition and an honor to receive the awards in a building we built and are proud of.

In a conference at the Fay Jones School of Architecture organized by Dean Peter MacKeith, Andrea Leers, Principal at Leers Weinzapfel Associates discussed the process of building Adohi Hall at the University of Arkansas.

World Architecture News Pupil Pleasing Designs features Wentworth Institute of Technology Center for Engineering, Innovation and Sciences. This new development creates a dynamic environment for multi-disciplinary collaboration among students. The Center is located on a midblock site at the heart of the Institute’s urban campus and plays a pivotal role in the campus plan. The building acts as a filter between the two sides of the extended campus—the quad and the city—and strengthens the pedestrian pike that links them.

Read article here: https://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/article/1596861/pupil-pleasing-designs 

Leers Weinzapfel Associates is proud to announce that we have been awarded a JUST label! JUST is a transparency platform for organizations to disclose their operations, including how they treat their employees and where they make financial and community investments.

The Concept to Construction Integrated Process behind the John W. Over Design Building Exhibition is up and will be on display at the UMass Amherst Design Building from September 10 – October 12. The exhibit will focus on the integration of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Mass Timber Structure from concept thru constrain.
The exhibit is by Leers Weinzapfel Associates, Stimson, and the Building Construction Technology

The John W. Olver Design Building will be hosting an exhibit on the Design Building itself, the first Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) academic building in the US! The opening reception and lecture by Leers Weinzapfel Principal Tom Chung and Stimson Principal, Lauren Stimson will be held on September 10, 5:30-6:30pm

Leers Weinzapfel Architects along with BCH Integrated Services and Atelier Ten, will discuss the team’s integrated approach to sustainability through design,, construction and post-occupancy energy performance. This discussion will take place on September 18, 6:00PM – 8:00PM

Learn more here: https://www.architects.org/events/7863/2019/09/18/cote-integrated-sustainability-at-the-john-w-olver-design-building-umass-amherst

The Middlesex Community College Academic Arts Center was recently featured in Retrofit Magazine, highlighting the reimagining of the 140-year-old railroad depot as a state of the art new performance center.

Read Article Here: https://www.retrofitmagazine.com/middlesex-community-college-resurrects-a-historic-train-depot-as-its-academic-arts-center/ 

College Planning & Management features the new Center for Engineering, Innovation and Sciences at Wentworth Institute of Technology in its Facility Focus of Makerspaces. The magazine notes that “The advancement of technologies for fabrication and the increased interest of educators of hands-on learning environments has prompted a proliferation of makerspaces in college and universities nationwide”.

Read here